I was amused by some of Sue's responses last night on Not the Wikipedia Weekly. Straightforward denials aside, I was impressed by how she consulted with "Brad Patrick and some of the other staff who were around at the time." Considering that the in-office staff at the time consisted of Brad, Monica, and me, I can only wonder who else she spoke to. I know she didn’t speak to me, and I'm quite sure that she has never met Monica, nor would even know where to find her. I suppose she means she spoke with Brad, in his capacity as interim executive director.
So, Sue, I wonder if Brad Patrick filled you in on the following: Did he mention how, for a salary of $160,000 per year, he was out of the office for at least four months (though admittedly, three of those were with Board authorization, while he decided if he wanted to stay on)? Did he mention how he once went on vacation and forgot to approve salaries (Brion might remember because it was a Friday, and I had to send a check to him by Fedex overnight)? Did he mention how his negligence left the Foundation with a $50,000 property tax bill for an office we rented (it was finally resolved)? Did he mention how, during all that time, he did nothing to secure the Foundation's trademarks (apparently that is finally being handled)? Did he mention how he left his concealed weapon license on his desk when leaving the office one last time, with all the doors left open? Did he mention how, on those days he did show up, he came late and left early (or, to quote his mother-in-law, "Brad can't get his shit together in the morning.")? Did he mention the meeting with a prominent guest that he came 3 hours late for, because he forgot to wake up (it was, in fact, his last day in the office, shortly before Christmas)? Did he mention the several thousand pictures of his daughter that we found on his computer after he left, or how he used to break down in tears when he showed them in his PowerPoints (smile, Delphine! You know what I'm talking about)? Did he mention how he didn’t know Quickbooks well, and on occasion, when stuck, asked me to call his father? Did he mention why he and I were in
Or did he tell you that everything was hunky dory, how his life would have been different had he discovered sushi as a teen, and how his great moment in leadership came when he was drum major in his high school marching band? Oh, and to watch out for flying burritos …
Sometimes I can only wonder why, when Brad finally left,
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Danny, please stop your disgusting smears and abusive harassment. You are nothing more than a disgruntled employee--Get over it.
Hi WD. Yes, I am a disgruntled former employee. I hope this blog will give you some idea as to why I felt disgruntled and felt the need to walk away.
WD ... and don't forget to remind yourself that nothing Danny has said has been proven wrong. I would seem that by bashing him personally you and others only make yourselves feel better. Isn't that the wiki-way -- to attack the person if you can't discount the content? Regardless, prove him wrong or choose to stay silent and bury your head someplace dark.
Another brilliant blog post, Danny. You've skewered another one. It's now much clearer why Wikipedia is such a mess -- a fish rots from the head down.
By the way, WikiDefender is a parody, folks. Do you see how realistic he is? He just has to utter the "harassment" meme, and everybody falls into line, thinking he's for real, because he's just parroting REAL Wikipediots.
Let's not let that distract us from this public roast of Brad Patrick -- Sue Gardner's sole information source to "investigate" the serious allegations that she's hoping everyone from CNET to the New York Times will ignore.
Danny, you said:
"Did he mention how, during all that time, he did nothing to secure the Foundation's trademarks (apparently that is finally being handled)?"
You mean to tell me this issue was raised almost 4 years ago and nothing has been done until now?
Danny, I've got a question I hope you can answer:
Brad announced his retirement around mid-March, effective March 31, 2007, if I recall correctly. You announced your retirement before Brad's went public; if your statement is true, when did Brad leave the office finally, and when was your last day?
Ral, I announced my resignation in on or around March, and Brad followed suit a few hours later. He was excused by the Board from coming in to the office around January 19, at a Board meeting in Amsterdam, and he cleared out his office a few weeks later. In fact, I sat in that office, rather than in the public area, for about a month or so. Nonetheless, Brad was paid until April 1, so, in effect, he was paid for the same amount of time as me (I received about one or two weeks of vacation pay, since I had not taken a vacation since I joined WMF, and this was owed to me by law). That said, Brad had not been showing up at the office since a few days before Christmas, when he went on a family vacation. Also, during one week of the period from December 22 to April 1 Brad was unpaid while he considered how he wanted to continue.
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